. >> stephanie: although i have say the tea party, michele bachmann, joe walsh steve king all are really really struggling. by the way -- [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: this richard mourdock controversy, he is the latest rapy comment republican. >> he is the latest akin. he has akinized. >> stephanie: a man charged with over two dozen charges of rape was found today after committing suicide. he planned parties for republicans including mitt romney. peterson was arrested in july and charged with 25 counts of sexual abuse sodomy rape and kidnapping. he met the women through an online dating service for mormons. >> wow. >> how far with they going to go with rape. life begins when i masturbate to your picture. >> stephanie: oh, carlos. [ laughter ] >> stephanie: the president on the campaign trail. president obama on the campaign trail. >> obama: we always knew this was going to be a close race from the start. and we have a lead right now that we have maintained throughout this campaign, and we are just going to continue to drive home the message that there are two fundam